Name: Basic Roast Beef
Prep time: 5 min
Cook time: 5 min
Yield: 1
Ingredients: 1 beef rump roast or bottom round roast ( about 3-1/2 pounds) -; Salt and pepper -; 1 large onion, sliced -; GRAVY: -; 2 tablespoons all-purpose flour -; 2 cups water -

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Cooking:

5 min.

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Ingredients for - Basic Roast Beef

1. 1 beef rump roast or bottom round roast ( about 3-1/2 pounds) -

2. Salt and pepper -

3. 1 large onion, sliced -

4. GRAVY: -

5. 2 tablespoons all-purpose flour -

6. 2 cups water -

How to cook deliciously - Basic Roast Beef

1. Stage

Place beef, fat side up, on rack in a roasting pan. Season with salt and pepper; top with onion slices. Add enough water to pan to cover the bottom. Bake at 350° for 3-1/2 hours or until tender. For gravy, mix flour with water; stir into pan drippings, cooking over medium heat until gravy has thickened.

2. Stage

First Day: Pot Roast. Place peeled carrots and halved peeled potatoes in with the roast during the last 1-1/2 hours of cooking.

3. Stage

Second Day: Sweet-and-Sour Beef. Heat chunks of leftover beef in sweet-and-sour sauce and serve over cooked noodles. To make sauce, saute 1/2 cup chopped celery and 1/4 cup chopped onion in 2 tablespoons butter until tender. Stir in 1 tablespoon flour. Add 1/4 cup sugar, 1/4 cup vinegar and 1/4 cup water. Stir until slightly thickened.

4. Stage

Third Day: Beef Stew. Heat gravy and chunks of beef in a pan, along with leftover potatoes and carrots.

5. Stage

Fourth Day: Beef over Rice. Heat leftover beef and gravy and serve over cooked rice.

6. Stage

Fifth Day: Meat Pie. Place leftover meat chunks, gravy, peas and carrots in pie plate. Top with you favorite pie crust or biscuits. Bake at 350° for 30-45 minutes or until crust is golden.